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Monthly Archives: August 2012

August has been a busy and productive month for the Local Records Unit. Staff presented four Managing Public Records workshops to over 200 participants. Our most recent trip was to the Town of Cary, who graciously allowed us to present our workshop in their spacious town council chambers. Fifty people attended. The Town of Cary…

As I have discussed in a previous blog post about being a Local Records Archivist, I go out and collect permanent original county records. The Local Records unit has been busy bringing county records from Cherokee, Harnett, and Davie. I collected records from Harnett and Davie Counties. The Cherokee County records were collected by Jason…

It’s that time of year again when the threat of a hurricane making landfall in North Carolina becomes part of our lives. We thought we would take this opportunity to share some important information that you will need in the event of an emergency. If anyone has any problems with damage to public records at…

The fall 2012 and spring 2013 State Agency workshop schedule has been published. Workshops will begin September 11. You can find the full schedule, descriptions, and registration information on the workshop page.

The Local Records Unit has been racking up some miles in the past week. Last Friday, August 17, began with a trip to the Raleigh Convention Center by Emily Hanna and Carie Chesarino. They were there to pick up minutes for microfilming from the attendees at the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners Annual Conference.…

If you’ve handled public records requests long enough, you’ve probably faced this scenario at least once: an email pops up in your browser, asking for a set of public records, and based on the request you’re pretty sure that the information isn’t going to be used for the noblest of purposes. Profiteering, dirt-digging, and just…

Government Technology has announced the 2012 Best of the Web awards, which evaluate state, county, and municipal websites. The announcement states that these awards …[honor] governments whose websites demonstrate innovation, usability and maximum functionality for users. Best of the Web honorees have sites that also contribute to governmental efficiency by contributing to effective service delivery. The city…

It seems counter-intuitive for an archivist to say, “I love destroying records.” After all, aren’t all archivists trying to save every single scrap of paper just in case someone sometime might possibly have a hypothetical use for it? In a word, no.

And now, just like at the conference, I get to follow in Al’s footsteps. My name is Jason Woolf and I am a Local Records Analyst based out of our Western Office in Asheville. In addition to providing information on various topics related to Public Records Laws and Records Management that Al mentioned in yesterday’s…

My name is Al Hargrove and I’m a Records Management Analyst II in the Division of Archives and Records, Government Records. I had the opportunity to speak at the Department of Agriculture’s annual Conservation Employee Training Conference for both state and county Soil and Water Conservation employees, which was held in Greensboro on August 15,…

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